If you’re not familiar with Southern recipes, like Southern pear salad and pineapple casserole, the ingredients might seem unusual, but just trust me here. This recipe has stood the test of time!

It’s simple, fun, and oddly addicting. Just grab your two ingredients and a punch bowl, and you’re set for a great night with friends and family!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Simple: Lime punch with sherbet comes together in less than 5 minutes, making it an easy last-minute addition to any dinner party menu or event.
• Versatile: From birthdays to holidays, this recipe can be enjoyed anywhere. Plus, with the ability to add alcohol, it’s sure to be a hit with both kids and adults!
• Refreshing: The combination of zesty lemon-lime soda and smooth sherbet creates a cool, rejuvenating drink perfect for hot days.
• Budget-friendly: Using just two main ingredients, this punch doesn’t break the bank yet it still delivers big on flavor and festivity.

Southern Sherbet Punch Recipe

This sherbet punch recipe isn’t just a drink, it’s a nostalgic walk down memory lane for many folks in the South. Made with zesty lemon-lime soda and swirled with creamy lime sherbet, it’s both tangy and sweet.

Once you mix the two together, something magic happens — a frothy, bubbly treat that’s guaranteed to be the life of the party! And let’s be real, it’s so simple to make.

All you have to do is toss two ingredients in a bowl and you’re done! Whether it’s for a wedding, baby shower, tea party, or holiday gathering, this punch fits in at any event.

Ingredients For Lime Punch With Sherbet

• Sprite: Adds the necessary fizz and citrusy sweetness. If Sprite isn’t available, any lemon-lime soda will work.
• Lime sherbet: Provides a creamy texture and tangy-sweet flavor. If lime isn’t your thing, try raspberry or orange sherbet for a twist. Or, experiment with rainbow sherbert!

How To Make This Sherbet Punch Recipe

Step 1: Find The Right Bowl

First, find a suitable punch bowl that will comfortably accommodate your mixture. Most punch bowls on the market can fit at least a gallon of liquid, which equates to about 12 servings. Also, keep in mind that garnishes will take up space if you’re using them.

Step 2: Make The Punch

Begin by spooning scoops of lime sherbet into the selected punch bowl. Carefully pour the Sprite over the sherbet, ensuring it covers it evenly. Thoroughly stir to combine the two, but don’t be too aggressive to prevent the soda from turning flat.

Step 3: Chill The Punch

For optimal taste, place the punch bowl in your refrigerator for a brief cooling period. Once it’s adequately chilled, your sherbet punch recipe is ready for serving!

What To Serve With Sherbet Punch

Here are some delicious additions to make this sherbet punch recipe stand out for guests of all ages:

• Fresh fruit: Sliced oranges, strawberries, or even pineapple can be added to the punch or served on the side.
• Juice: To give your punch more complexity, try adding a splash of cranberry, orange, or pineapple juice. It can help balance the sweetness and impart a new flavor.
• Alcohol: If your gathering includes adults, consider offering an option for a spirited punch by adding a splash of gin or vodka.
• Garnishes: Mix fresh mint leaves, grated lime zest, or a cinnamon stick into the punch for a festive touch.
• Accompanying snacks: Serve your punch with light, savory snacks like cheese, crackers, or pretzels. You can even make up a simple charcuterie board to really impress your guests.

Recipe Variations

• Tropical: Replace Sprite with tropical soda, and use pineapple or mango sherbet.
• Wintery: For holiday festivities, use cranberry juice with raspberry sherbet and sprinkle in some pomegranate seeds.
• Mojito: Add fresh mint leaves and use lemon sherbet for a sherbet punch recipe with a hint of mojito flavors.
• Tea infused: Replace half of the Sprite with brewed and cooled green or black tea for a subtle depth.

Tips For The Best Recipe

• Stir gently: Avoid vigorous stirring as it can cause the soda to lose its fizz. Gentle folds will ensure this sherbet punch recipe remains bubbly.
• Chill the ingredients: Make sure both your Sprite and sherbet are cold before preparing the punch, then chill it for an additional period after mixing.
• Add ice sparingly: If you decide to add ice, use larger blocks or an ice ring. This prevents rapid melting and diluting of the punch.
• Be mindful of portions: It’s easy to overdo portions when making a punch. Be sure to measure according to your guest count to avoid wasting anything.
• Freshness first: Always aim to serve the punch as fresh as possible.

What To Do With Leftovers

Although lime punch with sherbet is a drink best consumed fresh, here are a few creative ways to repurpose and enjoy it if you end up with leftovers:

• Popsicles: Pour the leftover punch into popsicle molds and freeze them.
• Smoothie base: Use the punch as a base for morning smoothies. Add in some fresh fruits, yogurt, or berries for a nutritious kick.
• Gelatin desserts: Combine the punch with unflavored gelatin to create a jiggly dessert. 
• Ice cubes: Freeze the punch in ice cube trays. These punch-infused ice cubes can be added to future drinks to give them a cool burst of flavor without watering them down.
• Sorbet: If you have an ice cream maker, churn the punch to create a sorbet.
• Cooking syrup: Reduce your sherbet punch over low heat until it thickens into a syrup. This can then be drizzled over desserts, pancakes, or waffles.
• Re-fizz and serve: If you’re planning on drinking the punch within a day, try adding a splash of fresh soda before serving again to rejuvenate some of its fizz.

Additional Drink Recipes

If you enjoyed this sherbet punch recipe and are in the mood for more drinks, take a look at some festive options like these:

• Mimosa Recipe

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Southern Sherbet Punch

This sherbet punch recipe is an old-school Southern classic, perfect for the special occasions in your life. Filled with fizzy lemon-lime soda and creamy sherbet, it’s sweet, tangy, and creamy.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword old fashioned recipe, punch, southern recipes, special occasion, vintage

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 12 people

Calories 2777kcal

Author Anna Kate

Equipment

• Punch Bowl and Glasses

Ingredients

• 2 liters Sprite or other lemon-lime soda
• 48 ounces Lime sherbet about one container

Instructions

• Spoon sherbet into punch bowl.
• Pour sprite over sherbet. Stir.
• Garnish and serve chilled.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 2777kcal | Carbohydrates: 622g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 825mg | Potassium: 1326mg | Fiber: 18g | Sugar: 534g | Calcium: 775mg | Iron: 2mg

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Who wants a mimosa?! It’s always me! I’m not one for sweet cocktails, but I love a good mimosa with breakfast. We usually serve these every Christmas morning as our breakfast casserole is in the oven. This is a classic recipe that really doesn’t need any more than two ingredients: sparkling wine and orange juice.

A lot of recipes will suggest adding other liquors to jazz it up, but I prefer to keep things simple. Let’s not mess up a good thing!

What is a mimosa?

A mimosa is a classic brunch beverage made of orange juice and champagne or other sparkling wine. It’s a popular drink that can have many different variations and be recreated to suit your tastes.

This drink got its name from the Mimosa plant which blooms bright yellow flowers. The color of the Mimosa drink closely resembles the blooms on the plant, hence the name mimosa.

How to Make Mimosas

This recipe is hardly complicated and requires little knowledge. It really doesn’t even require a kitchen! BUT, I do have a few suggestions on how to serve this drink and recommendations for variations and more.

Here are a few things I recommend for an easy presentation and serving:

• Serving tray: Using a tray to set up glasses, napkins, and other small items will prevent multiple trips and keep everything in a tidy spot.
• Carafe: Make a batch of mimosas to serve a crowd and pour them from a carafe. This one comes with a lid for easy refrigeration. Or, pick up a whole kit if you are setting up a mimosa bar.
• Champagne flutes or wine glasses: Bubbles keep better when they are in flutes, but a wine glass would work just fine. You can find stemless and stemmed glasses.
• Small bowls: These are perfect for fruit add-ins if you are setting up a DIY mimosa bar for a party.

Champagne for mimosas

Until recently, I thought mimosas were all made with champagne. While champagne will certainly work, it’s best to use a dry sparkling wine such as Prosecco or Cava. Both really affordable options, running at about $12-$14 per bottle.

Using a sweet wine, like champagne or other sparkling sweet wines, will give you quite a headache later on. Plus, you already have the sweetness and sugar from the orange juice.

Also, the price and quality of the sparkling wine are a lot less important for a mimosa than if you were to drink the wine alone. Since we are diluting the wine with orange juice, the bubbles are for that special effect!

Mimosa ratio

Much like any other mixed drink, the ratio is up to you. I prefer a 3:1 ratio of sparkline wine to orange juice.

If you are mixing your own, you can simply pour and taste test until you get the flavor and alcohol content to your liking.

In one 750 mL of sparkline wine, there are about 6-8 mimosas respectively.

Mixing and serving

I prefer to make a big batch of mimosas and pour them from a carafe. Whether you are making a carafe of these or a single serving, make sure to tilt the glass or carafe as you pour the sparkling wine. Then, add in the orange juice. 

If the orange juice is poured first, you will run out of room for the wine and it will surely bubble over.

To make a carafe of mimosas:

1. Empty the contents of one bottle of sparkling wine into a carafe.
2. Add the orange juice.

To make a single mimosa:

1. Pour the sparkling wine into the glasses, until about half full.
2. Top with a few splashes of orange juice.
3. Taste test until the desired ratio is reached.

Mimosas are best sipped from champagne flutes to preserve the bubbles and carbonation. If you don’t have flutes, wine glasses will work fine.

Tips for the best mimosas

Making them for a crowd

Use a carafe to make mimosas for a whole crowd in just a few seconds. You can make them a few minutes before serving, but the carbonation may go flat if made too far ahead of time.

Keep ingredients super cold

Ice-cold ingredients are best for the most enjoyable mimosas! If you have a mimosa bar set up, place the carafe inside a cooler tub with ice or keep in the fridge.

Use freshly squeezed orange juice

If you want to go the extra mile, squeeze your own orange juice. But, store-bought is fine, too.

If you do opt for the store-bought version, make sure to invest in high-quality OJ that is pulp-free!

Serve with fresh fruits

If you want to shake things up, add berries as a garnish or (gently) muddled in the bottom of the glass.

Mimosa variations

A classic is a classic! But, if you are wanting a little variety with your mimosa, try out these juices or purees in place of OJ or as a splash on top.

• Cranberry
• Grapefruit
• Mango
• Pineapple
• Pomegranate
• Strawberry

Non-alcoholic (virgin) options

To make this recipe non-alcoholic, use sparkling white grape juice or sparkling water instead of the wine.

What to serve with mimosas

Mimosas are a great addition to Christmas brunch, breakfast recipes, and wedding or baby showers. 

Here are some ideas to add to your brunch menu:

• Breakfast Casserole
• Bacon
• Ambrosia
• Banana bread muffins

FAQ: Mimosa Recipe

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How to Make the Best Mimosa

A classic mimosa is best served ice-cold with freshly squeezed orange juice! This is the perfect daytime cocktail to sweeten up brunch. Make a carafe of these for Christmas brunch, wedding showers, parties, or a fun weekend with the girls!

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword brunch, champagne, cocktail, drinks, orange juice, prosecco, wine

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 6 servings

Author Anna Kate

Equipment

• Mimosa Bar Kit

Ingredients

For a Carafe

• 3 cups Orange Juice
• 1 bottle Prosecco Cava, or dry sparkling wine

For a single serving

• Orange Juice
• Prosecco Cava, or dry sparkling wine

Instructions

To make a carafe of mimosas:

• Empty the contents of one bottle of sparkling wine into a carafe.
• Add the orange juice.
• Chill until ready to serve.

To make a single mimosa:

• Pour the sparkling wine into the glasses, until about half full.
• Top with a few splashes of orange juice.
• Taste test until the desired ratio is reached.

Nutrition

Serving: 1glass

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Confession: Nikolai loves coffee… but I’m not a fan of regular consumption for kiddos. On occasion, we allow him to have a cup of decaf coffee. But, he loves a Peppermint Mocha for a special treat!

For me, there’s something that doesn’t quite match with chocolate and mint combined. I never could get on board. Nevertheless, I love a good coffee drink, and this is a great recipe for your basic mocha.

How many calories in a grande peppermint mocha?

410 calories.. yikes! You can cut a few calories out of this recipe by cutting back on the chocolate chips and syrup. But if this drink is what you are after, I say indulge and work it off later!

What are the ingredients for a frozen peppermint mocha?

With a few indulgent ingredients, you can enjoy this minty, chocolaty concoction. If you aren’t a fan of the peppermint flavor, just leave it out.

• milk
• coffee
• ice
• dark chocolate chips
• hot chocolate mix
• chocolate syrup
• peppermint extract
• Whipped cream for topping
• peppermint candy

How do you make a frozen peppermint mocha?

1. Combine milk, coffee, ice, chocolate chips, hot chocolate mix, chocolate syrup, and peppermint extract in a blender and blend until combined. If you aren’t a fan of the peppermint flavor, just omit.
2. Drizzle chocolate syrup inside mug, then pour drink mix into the cup.
3. Top with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and crushed peppermint candy.

Enjoy!

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Basic Frozen Mocha Recipe, with Peppermint

A treat for Valentine’s Day, Christmas, summer or any day! Add peppermint extract to this basic frozen mocha recipe for a minty treat.

Keyword Coffee, mocha, starbucks copycat

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 2 servings

Calories 394kcal

Author Anna Kate

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup coffee
• 2 cups ice
• ¼ cup dark chocolate chips
• 2 packets hot chocolate mix
• 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
• 1-2 drops peppermint extract optional
• Additional chocolate syrup for topping optional
• Whipped cream for topping optional
• crushed peppermint candy for topping optional

Instructions

• Combine milk, coffee, ice, chocolate chips, hot chocolate mix, chocolate syrup, and peppermint extract in a blender and blend until combined.
• Drizzle chocolate syrup inside mug, then pour drink mix into the cup.
• Top with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and crushed peppermint candy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 236mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 44g

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